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Frederick Hazlitt Brennan is a Scriptwriter American born on 23 september 1901 at St. Louis (USA)
Frederick Hazlitt Brennan (23 September 1901 – 30 June 1962) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for over 30 films between 1929 and 1953 and was the creator of the Wyatt Earp television show.
Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, he was educated at the University of Missouri and began his career as a newspaper reporter. He wrote many short stories and was published in The Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, and other magazines. He published several novels. He also wrote for the theatre including the play The Wookey, which ran on Broadway.
He died in Ventura County, California from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, survived by his three children.
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Nationality USA
Birth 23 september 1901 at St. Louis (USA)
Death 30 june 1962 (at 60 years) at Ventura County (USA)
Birth 23 september 1901 at St. Louis (USA)
Death 30 june 1962 (at 60 years) at Ventura County (USA)
Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, he was educated at the University of Missouri and began his career as a newspaper reporter. He wrote many short stories and was published in The Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, and other magazines. He published several novels. He also wrote for the theatre including the play The Wookey, which ran on Broadway.
He died in Ventura County, California from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, survived by his three children.
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Always (1989)
, 2h2Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Aviation films, Films about angels, Ghost films, Disaster films
Actors Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Brad Johnson, Audrey Hepburn, Roberts Blossom
Rating63%
Pete Sandich (Dreyfuss) is an aerial firefighter, flying a war-surplus A-26 bomber dropping fire retardant slurry to put out forest wildfires. His excessive risk taking in the air deeply troubles his girlfriend, Dorinda Durston (Hunter), a pilot who doubles as a dispatcher, and is also of concern to his best friend, Al Yackey (Goodman), a fellow fighter. On one flight, Pete makes one extra drop, runs out of fuel, and barely manages to glide onto the runway.
Devil's Canyon (1953)
, 1h32Directed by Alfred L. Werker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Western
Actors Virginia Mayo, Dale Robertson, Arthur Hunnicutt, Stephen McNally, Robert Keith, Jay C. Flippen
Rating54%
Arizona, 1897: A female outlaw, Abby Nixon, warns a lawman, Billy Reynolds, that her accomplices Bud and Cole Gorman are nearby. Reynolds manages to kill both in a gunfight, but finds himself arrested for murder, convicted and sentenced to a desert prison known as Devil's Canyon.
Fearless Fagan (1952)
, 1h19Directed by Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Janet Leigh, Carleton Carpenter, Keenan Wynn, Richard Anderson, Ellen Corby, Barbara Ruick
Roles Adaptation
Rating59%
Floyd Hilstown is working in a circus as a clown with a comical lion act when he finds out he's a draft dodger. He is given a chance to enlist, instead of going to jail, but he doesn't want to leave his best friend. The friend is one Fearless Fagan, a Lion which Floyd has raised since he was four days old. The circus owner Owen Gillman suggests he buy the Lion. After which Fagan would be worked as an ordinary Lion by the circuses lion tamer Emil Tacuchnitz, which doesn't sit well with Floyd.
A Girl in Every Port (1952)
, 1h26Directed by Chester Erskine
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Groucho Marx, Marie Wilson, William Bendix, Don DeFore, Gene Lockhart, Dee Hartford
Rating52%
Deux marins achètent un cheval de course qui s'avère être un tocard. Ils prennent une permission pour résoudre le problème mais le cheval a un jumeau qui lui est un champion. Ils décident d'établir un plan pour prendre leur revanche.
Thunder in the East (1952)
, 1h37Directed by Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Actors Alan Ladd, Deborah Kerr, Charles Boyer, Corinne Calvet, Cecil Kellaway, John Abbott
Rating62%
The film is set in 1947 after India has gained its independence from Britain. Steve Gibbs (Alan Ladd), an American arms dealer, flies into a small Indian state intending to sell weapons to a local maharajah whose capital is facing an attack from a bandit army. He is opposed by the maharajah's prime minister (Charles Boyer), who is a proponent of Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence. He also falls in love with a blind woman (Deborah Kerr).
Follow the Sun (1951)
, 1h33Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, Golf films
Actors Glenn Ford, Anne Baxter, Dennis O'Keefe, June Havoc, Larry Keating, Roland Winters
Roles Writer
Rating63%
In Fort Worth, Texas, Ben Hogan (Glenn Ford) works as a golf caddy to help support his family. He romances and marries Valerie Fox (Anne Baxter), then with her support, decides to become a professional golfer. At first, Hogan has little success, but he gradually improves. Meanwhile, the Hogans become friends with Chuck Williams (Dennis O'Keefe), a popular fellow pro.
Killer McCoy (1947)
, 1h44Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Mickey Rooney, Brian Donlevy, Ann Blyth, James Dunn, Tom Tully, Sam Levene
Roles Writer
Rating65%
Tommy McCoy is a tough New York City boy, close to his dad, Brian, a performer in vaudeville. One night while his dad's doing a song and dance for the audience as part of a boxing event, Tommy accepts a challenge to step into the ring. He knocks out his opponent.
Adventure (1945)
, 2h15Directed by Victor Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors Clark Gable, Greer Garson, Joan Blondell, Thomas Mitchell, Tom Tully, Harry Davenport
Rating61%
When his ship is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, Harry Patterson (Clark Gable), a World War II merchant marine boatswain, is cast adrift on a launch with a few of his shipmates. While Harry remains calm in the face of disaster, his friend Mudgin (Thomas Mitchell) prays desperately, promising to avoid women, liquor, and fighting and to donate money to the church if they are saved. Harry finds Mudgin's pleas ridiculous, but no sooner does Mudgin complete his pact with God than a rescue plane appears on the horizon and the men are saved.
A Guy Named Joe (1944)
, 2h2Directed by Victor Fleming, John E. Burch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Ward Bond, James Gleason, Lionel Barrymore
Roles Adaptation
Rating68%
Pete Sandidge (Spencer Tracy) is the reckless pilot of a North American B-25 Mitchell bomber flying out of England during World War II. He is in love with Women Airforce Service Pilot Dorinda Durston (Irene Dunne), a civilian pilot ferrying aircraft across the Atlantic. "Nails" Kilpatrick (James Gleason), Pete's commanding officer, first transfers Pete and his crew to a base in Scotland and then offers him a transfer back to America to be a flying instructor. Dorinda has a feeling that Pete's "number is up" and begs him to accept. Pete agrees, but goes out on one last mission with his best friend Al Yackey (Ward Bond) to check out a German aircraft carrier. Wounded after an attack by an enemy fighter, Pete has his crew bail out before bombing the ship and crashing into the sea.
Greenwich Village (1944)
, 1h22Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche, B.S. Pully, William Bendix, Vivian Blaine, Paul Hurst
Roles Story
Rating61%
In 1922, aspiring composer Kenneth Harvey (Don Ameche) travels from the Midwest to Greenwich Village, New York, where he hopes to interest famed composer Kavosky in his concerto. Kenneth wanders into a speakeasy owned by the brash Danny O'Hare (William Bendix), who wants to put on a musical extravaganza showcasing his singing sweetheart, Bonnie Watson (Vivian Blaine). Danny hopes that the show will make Bonnie a star and make up for the fact that he cost her an opportunity of playing a leading role for Ziegfeld. Danny's other main entertainer, Princess Querida (Carmen Miranda), mistakenly assumes that Kenneth is rich, although the few hundred-dollar bills he innocently flashes are the extent of his traveling money. Danny immediately targets Kenneth as a chump and begins to get friendly with him, but Bonnie disapproves and allows Kenneth to escort her home. At her apartment, Bonnie confesses that when she came to Greenwich Village, she had aspirations to become a poet, and advises Kenneth to be more careful about displaying his money. Danny, jealous of Kenneth and Bonnie's obvious attraction to each other, brings the gang up to Bonnie's apartment for a party, and Kenneth plays some of his concerto for them. The next morning, Danny arranges for Kenneth to move to the top floor apartment and begin writing songs for their show, although Bonnie stipulates that music from Kenneth's concerto must be withdrawn from the show if Kavosky likes it. Meanwhile, Hofer, a former violinist with Kavosky's orchestra, persuades the maestro to hear Kenneth play, which Kavosky reluctantly does to get rid of Hofer. Hofer then lies to Kenneth, telling him that Kavosky wants to perform his concerto at Carnegie Hall, and that they should begin the orchestrations immediately. Kenneth works hard on his music, which he withdraws from Danny's show, even though Bonnie has already written the lyrics. Danny is infuriated, especially when he sees Bonnie and Kenneth kiss, but Bonnie is thrilled by Kenneth's seeming good fortune. Unknown to Bonnie, Danny, who continues to rehearse the numbers using Kenneth's music, is aware of the situation when Hofer swindles Danny out of his life savings, which Hofer (Felix Bressart) says is the down payment on the musicians' wages for the Carnegie Hall performance. Hofer disappears with the money, and Kenneth discovers his treachery after speaking to the surprised Kavosky. The heartbroken Kenneth is on his way home when he sees Hofer returning the money to Danny, who has realized that Bonnie is truly in love with Kenneth. The young composer misunderstands the situation and assumes that Danny and Bonnie were in on the swindle. While Kenneth is angrily packing, Querida questions him and learns of his misapprehension. She then gets him arrested by giving him some bootleg liquor to carry, and while Kenneth languishes in jail, Danny, Bonnie and the others step up their rehearsals and prepare to open the show. On opening night, Danny's right-hand man, Brophy, bails Kenneth out of jail, and the irate composer rushes over to the theater to confront Danny. As he watches from the audience, Kenneth is amazed to see Kavosky conduct his concerto, which has been turned into an elaborate number featuring Querida and Bonnie. Kenneth rushes backstage, where Danny reveals that Kavosky volunteered his services after learning of the swindle perpetrated by Hofer. Danny also advises Kenneth to make up with Bonnie, and after her final number, Kenneth embraces her in the wings.
My Pal, Wolf (1944)
, 1h14Directed by Alfred L. Werker, Fred Fleck
Origin USA
Actors Sharyn Moffett, Jill Esmond, Una O'Connor, George Cleveland, Charles Arnt, Claire Carleton
Roles Story
Rating61%
Untamed (1940)
Directed by George Archainbaud
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors Ray Milland, Patricia Morison, Akim Tamiroff, William Frawley, Jane Darwell, J. Farrell MacDonald
Rating53%
Un médecin courageux, venu du Nord, brave une tempête de neige dans la nature sauvage canadienne pour sauver une communauté éloignée d'une épidémie mortelle. Il tombe rapidement amoureux d'une femme mariée. Quand l'épidémie frappe, lui et la femme commencent leur pénible voyage du retour. A un moment, ils sont bloqués. Le mari avec un traîneau à chiens part à leur recherche.
Sailor's Lady (1940)
, 1h7Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Nancy Kelly, Jon Hall, Joan Davis, Dana Andrews, Buster Crabbe, Mary Nash
Rating53%
The city's beauty parlors are flooded with hopeful women as the Navy fleet and its sailors are coming to visit. Sally Gilroy is one of these expectant girls. Sally is quite nervous about the visit since her fiancé Danny is among the arriving sailors, and she is supposed to marry him in the next few days. Her best friends Myrtle and Georgine try to calm her down and tell her there is nothing to worry about.
St. Louis Blues (1939)
, 1h32Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dorothy Lamour, Lloyd Nolan, Tito Guízar, Jerome Cowan, Jessie Ralph, William Frawley
Roles Writer
Rating62%
Parce qu'elle n'en peut plus de Broadway et de son rôle d'Aloma, la sirène en sarong des mers du Sud, la chanteuse Norma Malone cherche refuge sur le Mississippi, où elle rencontre Dave Guerney, l'imprésario d'un showboat. Norma arrive à le convaincre de lui donner un travail sur le bateau, mais il refuse de lui donner un rôle dans son show. Finalement il réalise qu'elle est une vraie chanteuse et l'intègre à sa troupe, mais son succès fait réapparaître son ancien manager. Elle réussira à rompre son contrat et à rester avec Dave, l'homme qu'elle aime.
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
, 1h34Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors W. C. Fields, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, Shirley Ross, Lynne Overman, Ben Blue
Roles Story
Rating60%
In what is being billed as "The Race of the Ages," the new forty-million-dollar “radio powered” ocean liner S.S. Gigantic (“America’s Challenge for Crossing Record”) is about to race its rival, the slightly smaller S.S. Colossal across the Atlantic from New York’s Pier 97 to Cherbourg in two-and-a-half days. Gigantic owner T. Frothingill “T.F.” Bellows (W.C. Fields) intends to send his nearly identical younger brother S.B. (also Fields) to sail aboard the Colossal, hoping he will cause trouble and sabotage the rival ship, enabling the Gigantic and his own Bellows Line to win.